תַּזְנוּת

taznûwth · Hebrew · Strong's H8457 · 20 occurrences

The KJV renders 3 different Hebrew words as “whoredom”

What it means

harlotry, i.e. (figuratively) idolatry

or תַּזְנֻת; from H2181 (זָנָה);

How the KJV renders it

fornication, whoredom

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“whoredom”

also renders zânûwn (H2183), zᵉnûwth (H2184)

“fornication”

also renders porneía (G4202)

Where it appears

20 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 19 verses shown.

Ezekiel 16:15 HNcfpc/Sp2fsEzekiel 16:20 HR/Ncfsc/Sp2fsEzekiel 16:22 HC/Ncfpc/Sp2fsEzekiel 16:25 HNcfsc/Sp2fsEzekiel 16:26 HNcfsc/Sp2fsEzekiel 16:29 HNcfsc/Sp2fsEzekiel 16:33 HR/Ncfpc/Sp2fsEzekiel 16:34 HR/Ncfpc/Sp2fsEzekiel 16:36 HR/Ncfpc/Sp2fsEzekiel 23:7 HNcfpc/Sp3fsEzekiel 23:8 HNcfpc/Sp3fsEzekiel 23:11 HNcfpc/Sp3fsEzekiel 23:14 HNcfpc/Sp3fsEzekiel 23:17 HR/Ncfsc/Sp3mpEzekiel 23:18 HNcfpc/Sp3fsEzekiel 23:19 HNcfpc/Sp3fsEzekiel 23:29 HC/Ncfpc/Sp2fsEzekiel 23:35 HNcfpc/Sp2fsEzekiel 23:43 HNcfpc/Sp3fs

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.